Media and war
30.11-1.12.2022, Rzeszów, Poland
November 30
Day 1
Warm up
arrival of participants
up to 14:00
networking lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Programme
15:30- 15:40
Stage
Media and War. Opening of the Event
Jakub Górnicki
Passionate about new media, multimedia reportage and reportage projects. On the media road for over 15 years.
15:40- 16:00
Stage
Ethical Aspects of Covering War
This war is a “close” war. It’s very easy for many journalists to try to go there. We have seen some great journalism, we have seen some bad one. But we also see challenges it creates on the ethical level. We see how social media makes some reporters forget about why they came there. We see a mix of activism and journalism. What is appropriate?
War reporter. Part of hromadske (UA media) team. One of the first journalists who entered liberated Kherson.
Nastya Stanko
A New Zealand-born, Ukraine-based freelance journalist with a special interest in technology and conflict. A former U.K. parliamentary researcher focusing on defense and security, he is currently covering the war in Ukraine.
Tom Mutch
Editor-in-Chief of UnbiastheNews.org and the head of publications at Hostwriter.org, a non-profit global network that helps journalists easily collaborate across borders.
Tina Lee
16:00- 16:30
Stage
How Is This War Different From Others?
What differences do we see in the media coverage of the Russian war in Ukraine compared to the wars of the previous years?
Pawel Pieniazek
Paweł Pieniążek is a Polish journalist for more than a decade and a regular contributor for the Tygodnik Powszechny weekly. He has reported on the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Nagorno Karabakh, Syria and Ukraine.
Olga Rudenko is the chief editor of the Kyiv Independent, an award-winning media start-up launched in November 2021 by the former editorial team of the Kyiv Post. Olga is the former deputy chief editor of the Kyiv Post.
Olga Rudenko
16:30 - 17:30
Stage
30 Years of Covering Conflict
How were the conflicts covered before when no social media existed? A talk with the acknowledged and award-winning photojournalist and filmmaker, dedicated to documenting conflict and raising human rights issues around the globe.
Ron Haviv is an Emmy nominated & award-winning photojournalist, filmmaker & co-founder of the photo agency VII and The VII Foundation, dedicated to documenting conflict & raising human rights issues around the globe.
Ron Haviv
20:00 - …
Stage
Networking party
On this night Poland will play Argentina during the World Cup… so it will make a nice background to all the informal conversation and meeting fellow delegates. (Yes, we will broadcast the game.)
December 1
Day 2
10:00- 10:30
Stage
How Has the Ukrainian Media Situation Changed Since February 24th?
On the 24th of February Ukrainian media woke up to a reality where their existence was doubtful. They managed to stand and continue their work. But at what price?
Olga Myrovych
CEO of NGO Lviv Media Forum. A professional in the field of media development and fundraising. An expert of Goethe Institute and Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.
10:30- 11:00
Stage
War, Laugh, and Donations. Saint Javelin project.
A Canadian entrepreneur and former journalist. He created "Saint Javelin". The main goal has been to financially support Ukrainians affected by Russia’s war-making through the sale of merchandise, but Saint Javelin has also helped engage the world in the Ukrainian cause with the use of memes.
A public talk with the founder of Saint Javelin project.
Christian Borys
An artist and art historian interested in other ways of telling. Associate professor at the Film School in Lodz. Head of the Visual Narratives Laboratory. Editor at “View. Theories and Practices of Visual Culture”.
Krzysztof Pijarski
11:00- 11:30
Stage
OSINT and Its Role in Shaping the Narratives of War
Open-source intelligence contributed to Ukraine’s success in its fight against Russia. Without OSINT journalists won’t be able to cover the war properly too.
Oliver Imhof
A freelance journalist specialised in armed conflict and drones. He currently covers military strategy and OSINT in the Russo-Ukrainian war for Der Spiegel. Previously he worked on the Libya and Somalia projects and has been published in The Guardian, The Daily Beast and Vice
Fact-checker, disinformation sweeper and journalist. She works as an analyst for Demagog, first fact-checking organisation in Poland. She also cohosts a podcast about disinformation.
Wiola Myszkowska
A researcher at the Media Development Foundation (MDF), specializing in anti-Western propaganda and information environment research. Sandro also serves as the English Language Editor at MDF’s fact-checking platform “Myth Detector.”
Sandro Gigauri
11:30- 11:45
Coffee break
11:45- 12:30
Stage
HIMARs and Javelins for the Army. What Do the Media Need?
Finances were the first and main problem of UA media when the war broke out. This problem is solved by donors (at least for now). What else does journalism in Ukraine need to stay afloat?
Founder and CEO of Zaborona (UA media). Previously he cooperated with VICE and Associated Press
Roman Stepanovych
Social direction chief in PR-department YouControl, IT-company that creates solutions based on open data.
Skilled in open data analytics and OSINT.
Veronika Boiko
Has been working with The Village Ukraine for a long time. Now I am a news editor and also write texts. In addition to the news stream, I have expertise in medical, cultural and urban topics. And also I will be a senior editor from January.
Victoriia Kudriashova
A journalist with more than 10-year experience in media - in newspaper (“Dziennik Polski”), news television (TVN24), and radio (Radio ZET). Now is working in RadioZET.pl, where he is a part of the news team, and a managing editor of a weekend online magazine.
Piotr Drabik
12:00- 14:00
Round Table Room
The Fix Foundation Priorities Workshop
As part of The Fix Foundation's ongoing work to identify priorities for the foundation, its representatives are listening to journalists and media from Ukraine and beyond. They want to understand what type of mid-to-long-term support would be most effective.
In this invite-only workshop, The Fix Foundation hopes to gather a group of individuals to help the foundation broaden its horizons, diversify grantees, and understand community better.
Co-founder and Director of Sustainability Foundation in Latvia, an Advisory Board Member to Fix Foundation, Coordinator of emergency support for exile media in Latvia and Director of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Media Hub Co-working space.
Sabine Sile
Jakub Parusiński
A co-founder and editor at The Fix and a managing partner at Jnomics media consultancy. He has over a decade of experience working in the media sector, including as a journalist, editor and media manager.
12:30- 13:30
Stage
New Audiences and Disinformation: Experiences From Poland and CEE
How does the CEE region cope with the false propaganda messages?
Editor and author of Wirtualna Polska Magazine. A lawyer by education. Previously a journalist of Weekend.Gazeta.pl magazine, the Gazeta.pl portal and many other media outlets.
Michał Gostkiewicz
An independent journalist and a part of Inicjatywa Wolna Białoruś. She also is a local coordinator in Poland for the programme Free Press for Eastern Europe.
Edyta Iwaniuk
Senior Event Manager in Outriders. Currently taking up the position of the producer in Outriders Podcast. Zuzanna is editing advertising and promotional films, documentary short films and music videos.
Zuzanna Olejniczak
Editor-in-chief of Gazeta.pl information services, running Studio Biznes. For 13 years he has been dealing with topics in the field of economy, finance, foreign policy and economic policy.
Łukasz Kijek
Lunch break
13:30- 14:30
14:30- 15:00
Stage
What’s Going on in Belarus? How BY Media Are Doing Now
Do the Belarusian media impact the agenda in their country?
Belarusian journalist, freelancer, council member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists. Covered protests in Belarus. Now cannot return to the country and works in exile, in Berlin.
Aksana Brovach
An independent journalist and a part of Inicjatywa Wolna Białoruś. She also is a local coordinator in Poland for the programme Free Press for Eastern Europe.
Edyta Iwaniuk
Works for the Polish Radio and BAJ. Collaborated with Belarusian non-state media. Worked as an editor, project manager at the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
Volha Khvoin
The coordinator of Belarus in Focus, a Warsaw-based non-profit organization working on voicing the position of the Belarus democratic society in the world media.
Anton Ruliou
Trainer, consultant, activist and entrepreneur. He designed and implemented civic and fundraising campaigns for non-governmental organizations.
Andrzej Mikolajewski
15:00- 15:30
Stage
Russians Are Coming. Caucasus and Central Asia. Opportunity or Threat?
Now, that millions of Russians have fled to the Caucasus and Central Asia, how will they influence the media agenda in the region? How do the local media see the situation?
Manages the Eurasia Center, which is an initiative of IREX’s SAFE program. She coordinates and facilitates center activities to enable media practitioners and human rights defenders to work as safely as possible in Eurasia.
Nino Robakidze
Co-founder of Kloop, an NGO and leading news publication in Kyrgyzstan committed to freedom of speech and training young journalists to cover politics and investigate corruption..
Bektour Iskender
A mass engagement manager at Kloop Media, creates IT solutions for medias, NGOs and regular people.
Aizirek Almazbekova
A journalist of the independent Uzbek publication Hook.Report. She is responsible for maintaining the project's social networks such as Instagram and Telegram-channel.
Yana Modelova
Piotr Drabik
Piotr Drabik
15:30- 15:45
Coffee break
15:45- 16:15
Stage
Journalism and / or Documenting War Crimes
How media materials are or are not helpful when we talk about collecting evidence of war crimes for the future tribunals
A political journalist. She works in Babel. Since the beginning of full-scale invasion, Oksana covers the possible establishing of the Special tribunal and the ways to bring main war criminals into account.
Oksana Kovalenko
A project manager and a fundraising expert in Civil Network "OPORA" with 10+ years of experience in the field.
Iryna Shvets
Joined Slidstvo.info at the beginning of February 2022 to investigate corruption. The war changed the vector of interest. Now Yana is engaged in the identification and location finding of the Russian military in Ukraine.
Yana Korniychuk
Focuses on adapting the Ukrainer’s content for international audiences, analyzing different narratives about Ukraine in the English-speaking media and countering Russian propaganda.
Julia Tymoshenko
16:15- 16:45
Stage
War From Different European Perspectives?
What subjects of the Russian war against Ukraine are covered in different parts of Europe?
A Spanish journalist with 8 years of reporting experience in several countries. Works for El Confidencial newspaper on its International Desk. She has been covering Ukraine since 2021.
Alicia Alamillos
Ellen has been working as a journalist and digital innovation leader with various media companies and international NGOs before she started the Bonn Institute for journalism and constructive dialogue in 2022.
Ellen Heinrichs
Tetiana Kolesnychenko
Correspondent of Wirtualna Polska Magazine. Previously a journalist of a number of Ukrainian and Polish media outlets. Focuses her professional attention on the Eastern Europe region.
PR-communication officer of Babel International, the NGO publishing Cafébabel and Ereb, two media outlets shaping a new narrative of the old continent. Also coordinator of Sphera, the first network of independent media in Europe.
Soukaïna Ouhajji
16:45- 17:15
Stage
How Do We Continue to Cover Ukraine Without Losing the Audience?
The topics and narratives that might be interesting from a long-term perspective.
Worked as a political observer for the most prominent Ukrainian media. Since 2018 works in Babel where she does political interviews and investigations.
Maria Zhartovska
Vice-president of the board of Tygodnik Powszechny, marketing director, graduate of the School of Leaders of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation.
Maja Kuczmińska
Nicolas Freund
Editor at Süddeutsche Zeitung’s politics desk where he writes news and analyses mostly on the war in Ukraine.
17:15- 17:50
Stage
Where Do We Go From Now?
The topics and narratives that might be interesting from a long-term perspective.
The co-founder of The Ukrainians Media group of companies and Editor-in-Chief of the Reporters magazine, the only Ukrainian publication specializing in longread literary reporting.
Marichka Paplauskaite
Head of the Google News Lab in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe, former editor-in-chief of the 300 Gospodarka portal.
Daniel Rząsa
CEO of the Kyiv Independent. Daryna has 10 years experience as a media manager, trainer and media consultant.
Daryna Shevchenko
17:50- 18:00
Stage
Closing
A big thank you for joining the first event of Mixer - and the revelation of the plans for future
Jakub Górnicki
Mixer co-fonder, Outriders
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